Thank you for the input. So basically what you are saying is that the Geronimo EJB container will handle the lifecycle of the object "m_anotherEJB" and I do not need to be concerned about this object hanging around more than it needs to?
From: David Jencks [mailto:david_jen...@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 2:38 AM To: user@geronimo.apache.org Subject: Re: EJB Life Cycle I'm not a big java GC expert but... I think that finalize will only be called after the GC has decided your ejb instance is no longer in use. Whether or not the proxy it's holding is still in use will be determined separately anyway. My understanding is that generally "I want to help the GC" code doesn't actually help appreciably and mostly gives you more code to install bugs in and maintain. david jencks On Mar 22, 2010, at 7:03 PM, Russell Collins wrote: I have been thinking about best practices with Geronimo. One of the things that I have been thinking about is the life of EJB's inside the EJB container. I am wondering if I should be setting used EJB's to null when I am done with them or should I just let the container handle it. Example Code: @Stateless public class MyEJB implements IMyEJB { @EJB(name="AnotherEJBLocal") private IAnotherEJBLocal m_anotherEJB; // Do some stuff with m_anotherEJB; protected void finalize() { m_anotherEJB = null; // Should I do this or let Geronimo handle it } } Should I be including the finalizer code as I have it? Should I just let Geronimo handle the life cycle? Is there a different/better way to handle this? Any philosophical insight would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Russell Collins Sr. Software Engineer McLane Advanced Technology ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this electronic mail (email) transmission (including attachments), is intended by MCLANE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES for the use of the named individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and/or protected as a trade secret. It is not intended for transmission to, or receipt by, any individual or entity other than the named addressee(s). If you have received this email in error, please delete it (including attachments) and any copies thereof without printing, copying or forwarding it, and notify the sender of the error by email reply immediately. ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this electronic mail (email) transmission (including attachments), is intended by MCLANE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES for the use of the named individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and/or protected as a trade secret. It is not intended for transmission to, or receipt by, any individual or entity other than the named addressee(s). If you have received this email in error, please delete it (including attachments) and any copies thereof without printing, copying or forwarding it, and notify the sender of the error by email reply immediately.
